Petersburg vs Verona

A side-by-side comparison of Petersburg and Verona: population, income, housing, and more.

Petersburg and Verona are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Verona has the higher population (1,196 vs 532 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($123,669 vs $121,250 in Verona). Verona has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $219,300 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg	Verona
Population	532	1,196
Median age	26.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$123,669	$121,250
Median home value	$219,300	$331,100
Housing units	195	486
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.5%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg	Verona
Population	579 → 532 (-8.1%)	1,414 → 1,196 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$89,659 → $123,669 (+37.9%)	$75,185 → $121,250 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $219,300 (+24.4%)	$200,000 → $331,100 (+65.5%)

Petersburg

Population

579532

Median household income

$89,659$123,669

Median home value

$176,300$219,300

Verona

Population

1,4141,196

Median household income

$75,185$121,250

Median home value

$200,000$331,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petersburg	Verona
Under 5	12.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	39.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	3.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	9.7%
75 and over	1.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg	Verona
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	5.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	47.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg	Verona
Drove alone	85.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg	Verona
1-unit, detached	76.4%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg	Verona
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	3.57	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1980	1991